The Only One Who Knew Me/Merthur

And As I Recall

For MerlinandArthur2021 , who encouraged me to write the next chapters asap!! thanks broski for all the encouragement!! ❤️

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Arthur looked at the gray old man. Something about Emrys always seemed familiar, but he could never quite place it.

He really was quite funny. He wished Merlin was here to witness Emrys entertaining the knights while distracting (and angering) Morgana, but if Merlin had been here, he would have gone back and called for help unlike his gorgeous, blonde, and useless servant.

She may have been pretty, but there was a reason her name wasn't on his wrist. Looking down at the body part in question, Arthur alternated looking at his wrist and Emrys. There must be a mistake, somewhere in the universe, Arthur thought. Emrys is far too old to be my soulmate.

Oh, and Emrys was a man and that was illegal.

However, Arthur found himself caring less and less about that as time went on. Being friends with Gwaine, he had learnt to accept almost everything that came from Gwaine's mouth, and that included homosexuality. Really, he had reason to have Gwaine put to death about 20 times at least, so it was a good thing Arthur turned a blind eye for one of his best friends.

Anyways, how could Emrys be his soulmate? He was old enough to be Uther's father. That kinda gap just creeped him out.

But then it hit him when Emrys flashed him a sad smile when Arthur laughed at one of his jokes meant to anger Morgana. What if Emrys wasn't old at all? What if he was his age? What if...?

Morgana lunged at Emrys, screaming bloody murder at the man. Emrys yelled back, eyes aglow in a stunning orange.

" Morgana, you don't have to do this, " Emrys pleaded. " Let me help you. Please. "

" You remind me of someone, " Morgana recalled, effortlessly dodging each of Emrys' spells. " Someone a long time ago. I loved him, but he tried to poison me.

" I think you know him. " Morgana laughed. " Rather closely, too. "

" Ah, he can join the ' I-failed-to-kill-Morgana-Pendragon ' club. What's his name? " Emrys asked, playing dumb for Arthur's sake.

" Merlin, " Morgana spoke, throwing a fireball directly into Emrys's frail body.